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Supporters of Nepal communist party Maoist hold portraits of Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as they take out a rally to mark the anniversary of the Maoists' armed revolt that began in 1996 in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The Maoists fought government troops in the...

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Supporters of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN-Maoist) carry portraits of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong during a rally marking the 17th anniversary of the "People's War" in Kathmandu February 13, 2012. According to local media, thousands of communist supporters gathered for a...

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The Canadian and Chinese national flags hang from a pole in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square February 9, 2012. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day official trip to China.

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A bronze yak offered by Chinese Mao Zedong to Nicolae Ceausescu exhibited at an auction in Bucharest on January 19, 2012. The auction is called 'Golden Age' in reference to the last years of the Ceausescu's rule, when propaganda pictured a striving Romania whereas in reality people were...

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Villagers hold portraits of former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong (L-R), Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Chinese President Hu Jintao during a parade as a part of Chenghuang Cultural Festival in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, February 2, 2012. Picture taken February 2, 2012.

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The German national flag flies in front of the giant portrait of former Chairman Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, February 2, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in China on an official visit from February 2 to 4.

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A statue of the former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong stands in front of an apartment building in the Miyun county, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Beijing January 31, 2012. China had more city dwellers than rural residents last year for the first time in history, data showed, a...

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Statues of an angel (front), Jesus Christ and late Chinese leader Mao Zedong (L) rest at an outdoor workshop in the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 240 km (150 miles) southwest of Beijing December 7, 2011. Dangcheng applied the traditional stone-carving skills of this rocky party of...

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A visitor takes pictures near badges of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong (C) at a "red museum" in Xincun community centre at Aning of Kunming, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, November 29, 2011. The museum showcases more than 35,000 badges and memorabilia of Mao, as well as other...

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Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani (C) and Chinese General Hou Shusen, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, (L of Kayani) pose for a group photo after joint military exercises in Jhelum, in Pakistan's Punjab province, November 24, 2011. The...

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A wooden ornament featuring a portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate, center, and other designs are on sale at at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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China's former chairman Mao Zedong's portrait is seen on a ten yuan banknote as a customer pays for her tomato at a market in Beijing, October 14, 2011. China's consumer inflation dipped to 6.1 percent in September, retreating further from three-year highs, although stubborn food price...

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Workers hang a new portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong (R) at the Tiananmen Gate to replace the old one, which is being removed by a crane, during an annual renovation ahead of National Day, in Beijing September 27, 2011. National Day, which falls on October 1, marks the 62nd...

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Jin Tiehua, a 'red collector' -- or collector of communist memorabilia -- holds an invitation from late Chinese leader Mao Zedong (R) to the former Soviet Union and Mao's ink pad and ink brushes during an exhibition entitled 'glorious days - treasures from People's Republic of China's...

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Statues of the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong (R) and other revolutionary figures are displayed for sale at the Panjiayuan market, which is a popular destination for foreign shoppers and tourists, in Beijing on August 12, 2011. China's trade surplus expanded to $31.48 billion in July,...

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A statue of the former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong stands in front of an academic building in central Beijing January 17, 2012. China had more city dwellers than rural residents last year for the first time in history, data showed, a demographic milestone that also points to strains in...

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A statue of Chairman Mao Zedong is seen in front of a square in Kashgar, province of Xinjiang August 2, 2011.

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South Korean and Chinese national flags hang from a pole in front of the portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square January 9, 2012. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is on a three-day trip to China, his second in four years, and will ask China's...

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Zhou Bin, a Mao Zedong memoribillia collector, moves one of the portraits in a room where he stores some 40,000 items of his Mao collection, in Hefei, central China's Anhui province 07 September 2006. Thirty years after his death Mao may still be regarded by some as the country's...

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Zhou Bin, a Mao Zedong memoribillia collector, cleans one of the Mao busts in his collection of some 40,000 items, in Hefei, central China's Anhui province 07 September 2006. Thirty years after his death Mao may still be regarded by some as the country's greatest modern leader but his...

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In this Sunday Dec. 25, 2011 photo, dancers dressed as Communist Red Army soldiers perform to celebrate the 118th anniversary of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's birth in Beijing. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.

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A Japanese flag flies before a portrait of China's former leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen square during a visit by Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in Beijing on December 25, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived in Beijing December 25 on an official visit expected...

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A museum staff walks past a portrait of late chairman Mao Zedong at a museum in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.

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A paramilitary police officer gestures in front of a portrait of late chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.

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An actor featuring China's former Chairman Mao Zedong (C) recreates the first meeting of the Chinese Communist Party during an event to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai June 30, 2011. ...